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ok so perhaps I could do a full boil of the quantity of water and measure the evap or just wait for the next brew and ensure I get the right measurements. Ehh why waste the gas I spose. Did check the gravity and it was 1.010,so I'm guessing I missed the o.g. a little but a quick taste indicated it w...

Ok so I had my 2nd go last Sunday with some Assistants, which may or may not have been a good idea. Same recipe, Strike temp at 72, covered up and insulated with a sleeping bag @ 68 deg. Quick dunk sparge with 1 ltr 70 degree. Squeezed and liquor added to the pot. Balance of initial water (2.8) ltr ...

Yep new plan is to use the walkthru from here and check each step as I go. When you're used to Extract and specialty grain maybe be a little over confident I guess. used US05 never noticed anything unusual before. Did Coopers Pale recently using harvested Coopers Yeast and got the Banana esther whic...

Sori guys yes hops were Galaxy 10gm at 60m and 10gm at 10m. As I said its not sweet malt/caramel flavour though thats there... its literally dry grain smell. I've had another extract brewer try it who noted it as well but said it had "potential" assuming it dissipated. gravity going in was 1.048 @ 2...

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Hi All, have done my first Mini Biab and have found an unexpected grain flavour to the resulting beer. Smells & tastes very much like a open bag of malted grain. Nothing offensive and certainly not an infection. Noticed it at bottling and have tried it after 2 weeks and still present. My process was...

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